![UK defence 'at risk' due to billions wasted on trophy kit](http://web.archive.org./web/20170206135541/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/05/11/3CDC37B200000578-0-image-a-20_1486292951305.jpg)
The Ministry of Defence was criticised last night for leaving Britain vulnerable to attack due to a series of equipment blunders. Rear Admiral Chris Parry described the navy's Type 45 destroyers (top right), which cost £1billion each, as sounding like 'a box of spanners' underwater, meaning they can be heard 100 miles away by Russian submarines. It also emerged that the Ajax tank (bottom left) is too big to be transported by an A400m aircraft (bottom right) without being dismantled and potential new P-8 drones (top left) are vulnerable to cyber-attacks. Inset: The MoD spent £1.2bn on drones 12 years ago which have not been used due to faults.